honing
present participle ofhone
| 单词 | honing |
| 释义 | honing present participle ofhone hone verb[T] uk/həʊn/us/hoʊn/honeverb[T](MAKE SHARP)to make anobjectsharp: Thebonehad been honedtoapoint. Sharp and blunt
honeverb[T](MAKE PERFECT)to make somethingperfectorcompletelysuitableforitspurpose: Hisphysiquewas honedtoperfection. Herdebatingskillswere honed in thestudents'union. Making things better
Examplesofhoninghoning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Rather thanhoningand polishing a good musical idea, he wanted to follow the dreaming muse of his genius down every rabbit hole. From theCambridge English Corpus It is perhaps appropriate to describe this as the 'rotaryhoningproblem', or simply the 'honingproblem'. From theCambridge English Corpus Honingand visual inspection were repeated until all the holes appeared t o be free from burrs. From theCambridge English Corpus After muchhoningand debate, they reduced to five, and even then four of these five really reflect two sides of the same coin. From theCambridge English Corpus Consider now the situation for the rotaryhoningproblem. From theCambridge English Corpus Empathy requires a great deal more than memorizing stereotyped responses andhoningacting skills. From theCambridge English Corpus Based on developmental data showing how an increasing knowledge base influences categorization behaviours, it is assumed that some of thishoninghas already been done by age two. From theCambridge English Corpus The debate is timely because each party, in its own way, has been building a family policy andhoningthe issues before a general election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In many respects, the objective of the report is to improve the detail andhoningof legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was excessive engine vibration, which was partially cured by a complete engine rebore and cylinderhoning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of that they have apparently gone onhoningagainst hope that the parties would come together and making suggestions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are hundreds of would-be politicianshoningtheir skills and raising the expectations of their electorates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Authors usually take great care inhoningtheir opening sentences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The high readiness states which our aircrew have to maintain for participation in operations or preparation for conflict only allows for thehoningof low flying expertise, not its creation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We must considerhoningthose down to a handful of effective bodies rather than continuing with the hurly-burly of bodies that have grown up over many years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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